South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services
Section 44-6-146. County assessments for indigent medical care; penalties for failure to pay assessments in timely manner.

(A) Every fiscal year the State Treasurer shall withhold from the portion of the Local Government Fund allotted to the counties a sum equal to fifty cents per capita based on the population of the several counties as shown by the latest official census of the United States. The money withheld by the State Treasurer must be placed to the credit of the commission and used to provide Title XIX (Medicaid) services.
(B) County governments are assessed an additional thirteen million dollars annually for use as matching funds for Medicaid services. Of these funds, seven and a half million dollars must be deposited into the Medicaid Expansion Fund created by Section 44-6-155.
The department shall assess each county its share of the thirteen million dollars based on a formula which equally weighs the following factors in each county: property value, personal income, net taxable sales, and the previous two years of claims against the medically indigent assistance fund or program against county residents. If a trust fund has been established in a county to fund indigent care in the county, contributions on behalf of the county must be credited against the county assessment.
(C) Within thirty days of the first day of the state's fiscal year, and on the first day of the other three quarters, each county shall remit one-fourth of its total assessment to the department. The department shall allow a brief grace period during which late payments are not subject to interest or penalty.
Any county which fails to pay its assessment within the time allotted must pay, in addition to the assessment, a penalty of five percent of the assessment and interest at one and one-half percent per month from the date the assessment was originally due to the date of the payment of the assessment and penalty. The department may in its discretion waive or reduce the penalty or interest or any part thereof.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 189, Part II, Section 35B; 1991 Act No. 171, Part II, Section 22K; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1049.

Structure South Carolina Code of Laws

South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 44 - Health

Chapter 6 - Department Of Health And Human Services

Section 44-6-5. Definitions.

Section 44-6-10. Creation of commission; members; term; conflict of interests.

Section 44-6-30. Duties and limitations.

Section 44-6-35. Medicaid waiver protections.

Section 44-6-40. Duties.

Section 44-6-45. Authority of commission to collect administrative fees associated with accounts receivable for those individuals or entities which negotiate repayment to agency.

Section 44-6-50. Contracts with other agencies; program monitoring.

Section 44-6-70. Preparation of state plan and resource allocation recommendations.

Section 44-6-80. Annual and interim reports.

Section 44-6-90. Promulgation of regulations; other agencies to cooperate with commission.

Section 44-6-100. Personnel of commission; duties; compensation.

Section 44-6-110. Medicaid providers; boundary clarification.

Section 44-6-115. Covered Medicaid pharmacy services.

Section 44-6-132. Legislative findings and intent.

Section 44-6-135. Short title.

Section 44-6-140. Medicaid hospital prospective payment system; cost containment measures.

Section 44-6-146. County assessments for indigent medical care; penalties for failure to pay assessments in timely manner.

Section 44-6-150. Medically Indigent Assistance Program; reporting of charges for sponsored patients; duties of commission; duty to provide unreimbursed medical care to indigent persons.

Section 44-6-155. Medicaid Expansion Fund.

Section 44-6-160. Target rate of increase for net inpatient charges; excessive increases; penalties.

Section 44-6-170. Collection and release of health care related data; confidentiality; regulations to be promulgated; Data Oversight Council; Health Data Analysis Task Force; hospitals to provide required information; violations and penalties.

Section 44-6-175. Repealed.

Section 44-6-180. Confidentiality of patient records; controlled dissemination of data; violations and penalties.

Section 44-6-190. Applicability of Administrative Procedures Act; compliance with Medicaid disclosure rules.

Section 44-6-200. Falsification of information; penalties.

Section 44-6-220. Notice requirements on nursing home admission applications.

Section 44-6-300. Child development services to be established.

Section 44-6-310. Expansion of existing child development services.

Section 44-6-320. Appropriations.

Section 44-6-400. Definitions.

Section 44-6-420. Enforcement actions; considerations; proportionality to violations.

Section 44-6-470. Fines; use of funds collected.

Section 44-6-530. Federal jurisdiction.

Section 44-6-540. Authority for rulemaking, and to ensure compliance with Medicaid participation.

Section 44-6-610. Citation of article.

Section 44-6-620. Definitions.

Section 44-6-630. Creation of GAPS program; purpose.

Section 44-6-640. Administration of program; assistance of other agencies or organizations; enrollment fee.

Section 44-6-650. Eligibility; benefits.

Section 44-6-660. Evaluation of cost effectiveness; annual report.

Section 44-6-710. Treating application of person deemed ineligible because of Medicaid qualifying trust as undue hardship case.

Section 44-6-720. Requirements for qualifying for undue hardship waiver.

Section 44-6-725. Promissory notes received by Medicaid applicant or recipient.

Section 44-6-730. Promulgation of regulations to implement article and comply with federal law; amendment of state Medicaid plan consistent with article.

Section 44-6-910. Health facilities recognized and designated as providers for underserved patients; when hospital in urban area considered "rural".

Section 44-6-1010. Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee established; membership.

Section 44-6-1020. Adoption of bylaws; election of chairman and vice chairman; compensation; meetings; public comment on clinical and patient care data from Medicaid providers.

Section 44-6-1030. Recommendation of therapeutic classes of drugs to be included on preferred drug list.

Section 44-6-1040. Preferred drug list program; procedures to be included.

Section 44-6-1050. Prior authorization for drug; refills; appeals.